Major General Peter Cirimwami visits troops in Goma area on Jan 23, 2025

Major General Peter Cirimwami Nkuba, who was the military governor of North Kivu province in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), has died. He was injured during the combats opposing the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) reinforced by Ugandan People Defense Forces (UPDF) troops, under the cover of M23 Rebels,  to the DR Congo troops (FARDC) supported by Wazalendo Patriot troops between the towns of Goma and Sake. He later died from the injuries. After the his death, the combats have continued and the DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has announced an escalation and intensification of offensives against the RDF troops, by FARDC with the support from Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces. 

Ugandan UPDF Troops

Sources near the border of Rwanda and Uganda have informed AfroAmerica Network that, on January 19, 2025, a large number of Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) troops in military trucks and  mixed with tank trucks carrying gas have crossed the border from Uganda to Rwanda. The troops appeared to be expected by the  elite units  of Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) who were waiting them across the border and led them to unknown destinations. There are speculations regarding the operation, with the highest probability being that these UPDF  troops were sent by Ugandan Military leaders, under the command of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni's son  General Kainerugaba Muhoozi,  who currently serves as the Chief of Defence Forces of UPDF, to reinforce the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) in their invasion of the Eastern Democratic Republic  of Congo (DRC) under the cover of M23 rebels. 

US President Joe Biden, Joao Lourenco of Angola, Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC, Hakainde Hichlema of Zambia and the Vice President of Tanzania Philip Isdor Mpango in Lobito, Angola on Dec 4, 2024

On December 4, 2024, a multilateral meeting was held in  Lobito, Benguela province of Angola among  Joe Biden of the United States of America President  Joe Biden,  Joao Lourenco of Angola, Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC, Hakainde Hichlema of Zambia and the Vice President of Tanzania Philip Isdor Mpango. The meeting focused on the economic partnership  among the USA and the countries in the region, to  revitalize the strategic project “Lobito Trans-African Corridor” aimed at connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean via the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Zambia, and Tanzania in order to better exploit the strategic mineral resources in DRC and revitalize supply chains.

Heads of State at the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris, France, Oct 4, 2024

After a long period of severe controversies related to the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), a new step towards the worse may be on the way.  The situation has worsened during the 19th  OIF Summit held in Villers-Cotterêts Château and the Grand Palais in in Hauts-de-France , Paris France on Oct. 4-5, 2024.  Some key heads of French speaking countries avoided the summit,  the President of the country with the highest number of people speaking French, after France, exited the Summit following the controversial speech of French President Emmanuel Macron and leaders of some key countries have decided to move away from French as the official language, while others have started breaking long term relations with France. Also, a top  leader of a French political opposition party has publicly been expressing the people's disappointments regarding the way the OIF summit was led.  The question now is whether, given all the controversies and dynamics, the Francophonie, widely termed MacroKagoPhonie by some critics, will survive.

Rwandan activists protesting against Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Montreal, Canada in April 2006

In March 2022,  the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) sanctioned Russia for its attacks  and the consequential war crimes and human tragedies in Ukraine. The sanctions imposed by the US and EU included banning the export of their dollar and euro banknotes to Russia. To circumvent the sanctions, the Russian Government approached some African dictators and made agreements to purchase banknotes directly from these African dictatorships and ship them directly to Russia. According to several media investigations and classified reports the main african partner of Russia on these agreements is the Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame.